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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Fives Intralogistics Corp., Louisville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Steven Vann Schroader, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Fives Intralogistics Corp., Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B07C 5/10 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/54 (2006.01); B65G 43/10 (2006.01); B65G 47/68 (2006.01); B65G 47/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/10 (2013.01); B07C 5/3412 (2013.01); B07C 5/362 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); B65G 43/10 (2013.01); B65G 47/54 (2013.01); B65G 47/681 (2013.01); B65G 47/31 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01); B65G 2811/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A typing tunnel off-loading and sorting system includes an off-loading conveyor, cameras and photoelectric eye. The overhead cameras detect the item size and whether it is cubic in nature and type and size of its footprint. An in-line slide sorter having alternating conveyor rollers and pop-up belts pass through to, or divert articles from, a downstream conveyor. The vision based system may also be used to detect space between articles and insert articles in the unoccupied space.